Ambition and art collide with the business of the blues in August Wilson's masterpiece "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom" Set in 1927 Chicago during a recording session at a white-owned studio -inspired by real-life Mother of the Blues Gertrude "Ma" Rainey

The King of the Universe is coming to L.A. for the first time ever! God takes the form of Emmy Award® winner Sean Hayes in this 90-minute comedy. He's finally arrived to set the record straight…and He's not holding back!

American artist Susan diRende's remarkable exhibit of 109 miniatures - Each scene is a mere 50 x 85 mm, the size of the credit cards in your wallet - are subjects drawn primarily from life around the North Island of Wairarapa

Almost eighty years after its 1935 premiere in New York, Director Diane Paulus and Chorographer Ronald K. Brown have polished the style of Porgy and Bess into a more beloved masterpiece brimming warmth and humility

Better Half, the indie feature about a gay couple that adopt a baby, is in full swing, fighting to get to the finish line. The production moves forward, one filming day at a time, with its sights set on one thing: Tribeca Film Festival

Outfest, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing, showcasing and protecting LGBT media, has announced its lineup for the 2013 Outfest Fusion LGBT People of Color Film Festival

Director Gregg T. Daniel talks theatre & the latest production from Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble: ELMINA’S KITCHEN the story of a bitter clash of values between 3 generations of black men & its effect on their family & community

The dual story of Elliot Ayende: as a 9-year-old who is side-kick and confidant to his barely-keeping-it-together single mom; & as a 21-year-old looking for love in New York City. A comedy-drama that shows you can survive anything life throws at you

A 2012 LAFF Featured Gala Event: Middle of Nowhere. A drama that follows a woman who changes her life in order to contend with her husband's 8-year prison sentence; and an intense character study in the taut ties that bind

The new feature film from writer/director Patrik-Ian Polk, tells the story of five Brown University classmates reuniting in the Big Apple for a weekend of sin and fun - each with a little growing up to do

It’s T-minus two weeks before the Egyptain Theatre in Hollywood gets its annual splash of LGBT color. An offshoot to the ten-day flagship film festival Outfest, Fusion celebrates the filmmakers and cinematic tales that feature LGBT people of color.

A Four Letter Four Production and Frantic Redhead Productions present Diana Son's Stop Kiss - the story of a new friendship between Callie and Sara that over time turns into something more, with unexpected and tragic consequences

THE SONS OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS tells the story of the gay men of New Orleans who created a vast culture of public “drag balls” that predates established gay liberation history in the U.S. by nearly ten years

Adam and Luke seem like a case of opposites attract. But after Luke is involved in a critical accident, family and friends descend upon the couple and these longtime differences collide, forcing opposing views on faith and family into a stand-off

Director Roger S. Omeus, Jr.(Finding Me), takes us back to the friendships+love+relationships = DRAMA, of a group of tight knit group of African American friends: queer, straight and everything in-between

Leading us on this sonic journey are two of Los Angeles’ most valuable sound resources: professor and world renowned production sound mixer, Fred Ginsburg, CAS, Ph.D. and author/ award-winning rerecording mixer,Woody Woodhall CAS

Shorts Program 3
Time: 100 min
Striving to prove themselves, a disgraced referee, a curious pair of Finns, a Latino immigrant and a young polygamist grow beyond their fears, inhibitions and skepticism.

Shorts Program 5
Short Film Competition
Running Time is 92 min
The experiences of adolescents are examined in this riveting collection of shorts. Some revel in their coming of age moment and some venture into situations that are too much to handle.

A married mom of two drops a bombshell by discovering she's gay in playwright Marja-Lewis Ryan's new domestic comedy, which follows the resulting shock and awe felt by her buttoned-down husband, delinquent teenage son, and seemingly-perfect daughter

How Theatre Failed America is the latest in a series of workshop productions presented at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Mike Daisey serves as monologist, entertainer and advocate in this provocative and passionate piece about America's languishing art

In many ways Barack Obama made history with his presidential victory in 2008. However, in this latest Fremont Centre Theatre World Premiere, it seems that no credential is good enough for a disapproving mother-in-law

Director Jessica Kubzansky enlists the best of Cal Arts School of Theatre and the Theatre at Boston Court to concoct an entertaining, fantastical and dark circus of Tennessee Williams' surreal work, Camino Real

On a quiet semi-residential corner in Burbank… Beyond an unassuming neon marquee of The Victory Theatre, the SkyPilot Theatre Company opens their first production of 2011: REWIND: a series of original Late Night Short One-Acts

FEBRUARY 4, 2011 - FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY, ‘triple threat’ multi-award nominated stage and screen personality Jenifer Lewis will perform SO MUCH LOVE, a special event fundraiser to benefit Rogue Machine Theatre in their quest for a new home

The Golden Gays explores the world of four older gay men who are unhealthily obsessed with the famous foursome. Thanks to their equally dysfunctional therapist, they are able to explore their obsession through a novel new therapy: Drag role-play

Bright Ideas takes the absurdity of excessive parental devotion, wraps it in a richly textured abstract set, adds a healthy dash of Macbeth and ties it all together with a bright bow of screwball comedy

A Necessary Death was crowned the winner of the 2008 AFI Fest Narrative Audience Award, and for good reason. The Indie by writer director Daniel Stamm explores the fine line of what is tabu and what is art in filmmaking

The School of Night, written by Peter Whelan and directed by Bill Alexander explores the whimsical, audacious life and untimely death of the famed Elizabethan dramatist and poet, Christopher 'Kip' Marlowe

"SEAL Team VI" tells the heroic, heart-wrenching drama behind the 'black ops' Team's incursion into Iraq four days prior to Operation: Desert Storm, and the harrowing consequences they ultimately faced when their mission was suddenly compromised

Shriekfest is an international festival and screenplay competition dedicated to getting horror/thriller/sci-fi/fantasy filmmakers and screenwriters the recognition they deserve. First up, a few shorts selections

Before the perfect headshot and the right hair cut, The UN-LA Class / Sacred Actor workshops at The Theater Lounge helps the performing artists of Los Angeles fine tune their most important instrument: their acting skill

What do a Mississippi widower and an LA junkie transvestite have in common? You would be surprised. The Elephant Theater Company answers that very question with its latest production of Timothy McNeil's Anything

I have always been a huge fan of the play that is actually a show. A show has singing and dancing and broad humor that makes me laugh out loud. Write Act Rep's Loosely Lysisitrata delivers all this and more

If it is true that when one life ends another begins, then Anna is the benefactor of her dear friend Robbie's untimely demise - Lanford Wilson's Burn This is a whirlwind of high drama and bittersweet ironies

Based on the bestselling novel by James Scurlock. "Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and The Era of Predatory Lenders" A sobering, yet wickedly clever documentary opens in New York and Los Angeles March 9th